WEBVTT BREAKINGDEVELOPMENT TONIGHT IN THEINDICATION OF THAT MISSINGWOMAN, DIANE CHOTTA WHO IS FROMMUNHALL, HAD BEEN STAYING INBETHEL PARK.HER CAR HAS BEEN DISCOVERED,THIS SILVER BUICK CENTURY, WHICHWAS LOCATED IN THIS T STOPPARKING LOT HERE IN BETHEL PARK.BEHIND THE CAR YOU CAN SEEPOLICE WITH WITH BAG OFEVIDENCE THAT THEY RETRIEVED.THEY HAD A HOUND OUT HEREACTUALLY TRYING TO TRACK HERSCENT, WHICH THEY TRACKED UP THETRACK IS A LITTLE BIT.THE T STOP TRACKS, I SHOULD SAY.WE DID SPEAK BRIEF WITH WITHHER BROTHER, DAVE BRAGG WHO SAYSTHE LAST TYPE SHE WAS SEEN WASTWO DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS AT THEMY PLACE BAR, A LITTLE BIT DOWNTHE ROAD.SHE HASN'T BEEN SEEN SINCE THEN.

A car belonging to a woman last seen visiting her mother over Christmas was found at a Port Authority park-and-ride lot Wednesday evening.Evidence was retrieved and bagged by Bethel Park police, who continue to ask the public for help finding Diane Bragg Chotta, 52, of Munhall.Chotta was staying with her mother, Ruth Pope, in Bethel Park during the Christmas holiday season. She left a handwritten note for her mother around 1 p.m. Dec. 27 that said "Be back in a little white. Love, Diane." Surveillance video from the "My Place" bar on Brownsville Road in South Park Township obtained by Pittsburgh's Action News 4 shows Chotta walking out of the building after 9 p.m. on Dec. 27 and then walking to the left. Police said she was wearing a light blue jacket, blue jeans, and carrying a black purse. Chotta was reported to be driving a 2002 silver Buick Century with Pennsylvania license plate JSS 8061. Police found her snow-covered vehicle parked near the West Library T station.Stay updated with breaking news: Download the WTAE mobile appChotta is described as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall and 110 pounds. Police said she has ties to the Crawford County area.Her mother, Ruth Pope, told WTAE reporter Beau Berman that Chotta lived near Meadville, Pennsylvania for 15 to 20 years before moving back to the Pittsburgh region recently and staying with her brother in Munhall. By Wednesday night, Bethel Park police put out a brand new bulletin to the media and explained that a bloodhound team traced Chotta's scent from the bar to her car at the park and ride lot. Police called the situation a "missing person's case." Anyone who sees Chotta or knows her whereabouts is asked to call Bethel Park police at 412-833-2000.

BETHEL PARK, Pa. —

A car belonging to a woman last seen visiting her mother over Christmas was found at a Port Authority park-and-ride lot Wednesday evening.

Evidence was retrieved and bagged by Bethel Park police, who continue to ask the public for help finding Diane Bragg Chotta, 52, of Munhall.

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Chotta was staying with her mother, Ruth Pope, in Bethel Park during the Christmas holiday season. She left a handwritten note for her mother around 1 p.m. Dec. 27 that said "Be back in a little white. Love, Diane."

Surveillance video from the "My Place" bar on Brownsville Road in South Park Township obtained by Pittsburgh's Action News 4 shows Chotta walking out of the building after 9 p.m. on Dec. 27 and then walking to the left.

Police said she was wearing a light blue jacket, blue jeans, and carrying a black purse.

Chotta was reported to be driving a 2002 silver Buick Century with Pennsylvania license plate JSS 8061. Police found her snow-covered vehicle parked near the West Library T station.

Diane Chotta’s car was found at a park-and-ride lot at the West Library T stop.

Chotta is described as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall and 110 pounds. Police said she has ties to the Crawford County area.

Her mother, Ruth Pope, told WTAE reporter Beau Berman that Chotta lived near Meadville, Pennsylvania for 15 to 20 years before moving back to the Pittsburgh region recently and staying with her brother in Munhall.

By Wednesday night, Bethel Park police put out a brand new bulletin to the media and explained that a bloodhound team traced Chotta's scent from the bar to her car

at the park and ride lot. Police called the situation a "missing person's case."

Anyone who sees Chotta or knows her whereabouts is asked to call Bethel Park police at 412-833-2000.